{"id":2051,"date":"2017-05-25T01:33:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T01:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2019-03-17T01:16:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T01:16:46","slug":"does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Yahoo News Intentionally Set the Bar Low to Encourage Low Expectations for Internet Content?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"iframe\" id=\"arve-httpswwwyoutubecomembedM4prfZYRUk\" style=\"max-width:555px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4prfZ_YRUk\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p>This is a quick one.  Like many people, I have a yahoo mail account, so I go to yahoo to check my email.  Yahoo has had what they call Yahoo News on their website for quite some time, usually some kind of ridiculous headline intended to encourage people to get used to PC nonsense, but sometimes something totally irrelevant about how some celebrity or random person reacted to an unexpected situation.  <\/p>\n<p>My point is, Yahoo is following the example of typical national news in promoting irrelevant or heavily slanted story headlines, with the added effect of dumbing it way down to lower people&#8217;s expectations of online news such as that from Alternative News sources, and also to make people dumber as a result of being surrounded by stupidity.  <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.  That&#8217;s what I think is going on.  It&#8217;s really annoying.  Maybe you&#8217;ll agree with me!  Maybe it&#8217;s past time to quit Yahoo!  \u2026 Thanks for watching!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a quick one. Like many people, I have a yahoo mail account, so I go to yahoo to check my email. Yahoo has had what they call Yahoo News on their website for quite some time, usually some kind of ridiculous headline intended to encourage people to get used to PC nonsense, but &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[875,8,467,877,15,161],"tags":[674,675,676,670,677,668,672,671,673,667,669,666],"class_list":["post-2051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-tech","category-insights","category-news-current-events","category-media-corporate-criticism","category-media-blitz-publicity-articles","category-technology-fails","tag-dumb-down","tag-dumbed-down","tag-dumbing-down","tag-expectations","tag-idiocracy","tag-low-bar","tag-news-or-entertainment","tag-non-news","tag-not-news","tag-online-news","tag-sabotage","tag-yahoo-news","nodate","item-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Does Yahoo News Intentionally Set the Bar Low to Encourage Low Expectations for Internet Content? - Media Blitz Publicity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does Yahoo News Intentionally Set the Bar Low to Encourage Low Expectations for Internet Content? - Media Blitz Publicity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a quick one. Like many people, I have a yahoo mail account, so I go to yahoo to check my email. Yahoo has had what they call Yahoo News on their website for quite some time, usually some kind of ridiculous headline intended to encourage people to get used to PC nonsense, but &hellip; Continue reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Media Blitz Publicity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-25T01:33:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-17T01:16:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lance\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lance\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lance\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/04713b39df2abc39e2511f449d747e97\"},\"headline\":\"Does Yahoo News Intentionally Set the Bar Low to Encourage Low Expectations for Internet Content?\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-25T01:33:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-17T01:16:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/\"},\"wordCount\":180,\"keywords\":[\"dumb down\",\"dumbed down\",\"dumbing down\",\"expectations\",\"idiocracy\",\"low bar\",\"news or entertainment\",\"non-news\",\"not news\",\"online news\",\"sabotage\",\"yahoo news\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Big Tech\",\"Insights\",\"Marketing Technology News &amp; Current Events\",\"Media &amp; Corporate Criticism\",\"Media Blitz Publicity Articles\",\"Technology Fails\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/\",\"name\":\"Does Yahoo News Intentionally Set the Bar Low to Encourage Low Expectations for Internet Content? - Media Blitz Publicity\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-25T01:33:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-17T01:16:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/04713b39df2abc39e2511f449d747e97\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Does Yahoo News Intentionally Set the Bar Low to Encourage Low Expectations for Internet Content?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Media Blitz Publicity\",\"description\":\"Media \/ Marketing \/ Publicity\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/04713b39df2abc39e2511f449d747e97\",\"name\":\"Lance\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/author\/lance\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Does Yahoo News Intentionally Set the Bar Low to Encourage Low Expectations for Internet Content? - Media Blitz Publicity","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Does Yahoo News Intentionally Set the Bar Low to Encourage Low Expectations for Internet Content? - Media Blitz Publicity","og_description":"This is a quick one. Like many people, I have a yahoo mail account, so I go to yahoo to check my email. Yahoo has had what they call Yahoo News on their website for quite some time, usually some kind of ridiculous headline intended to encourage people to get used to PC nonsense, but &hellip; Continue reading","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/","og_site_name":"Media Blitz Publicity","article_published_time":"2017-05-25T01:33:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-03-17T01:16:46+00:00","author":"Lance","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lance","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/"},"author":{"name":"Lance","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/04713b39df2abc39e2511f449d747e97"},"headline":"Does Yahoo News Intentionally Set the Bar Low to Encourage Low Expectations for Internet Content?","datePublished":"2017-05-25T01:33:24+00:00","dateModified":"2019-03-17T01:16:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/"},"wordCount":180,"keywords":["dumb down","dumbed down","dumbing down","expectations","idiocracy","low bar","news or entertainment","non-news","not news","online news","sabotage","yahoo news"],"articleSection":["Big Tech","Insights","Marketing Technology News &amp; Current Events","Media &amp; Corporate Criticism","Media Blitz Publicity Articles","Technology Fails"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/","name":"Does Yahoo News Intentionally Set the Bar Low to Encourage Low Expectations for Internet Content? - Media Blitz Publicity","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-05-25T01:33:24+00:00","dateModified":"2019-03-17T01:16:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/04713b39df2abc39e2511f449d747e97"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/does-yahoo-news-intentionally-set-the-bar-low-to-encourage-low-expectations-for-internet-content\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Does Yahoo News Intentionally Set the Bar Low to Encourage Low Expectations for Internet Content?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/","name":"Media Blitz Publicity","description":"Media \/ Marketing \/ Publicity","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/04713b39df2abc39e2511f449d747e97","name":"Lance","url":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/author\/lance\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2051"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2341,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions\/2341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediablitzpublicity.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}